Military Dao, casted steel?

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Originally Posted by benny.lee

There is no doubt that this is a Chinese DAO
From the point of view is "1754 DAO text"
Is the Qing Dynasty in China, 1814 OR 1874
I think he is an ordinary sergeant with a DAO

Hello Benny.lee can you elaborate please.

Are you able to read the mark at the tang? What tell us this inscription? What you can tell us about this sword?

Agree, a very interesting discussion.

Roland, are you going to restore the handle?

Regards,
Detlef